#C8B83F#C8B83F

#C8B83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B83F
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -8.12, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 61.27, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0281 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8589, 46.9210, 11.5534)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B83F #3F4FC8

analogous

#C8743F #C8B83F #94C83F

triadic

#C8B83F #3FC8B8 #B83FC8

tetradic

#C8B83F #3FC874 #3F4FC8 #C83F94

square

#C8B83F #3FC874 #3F4FC8 #C83F94

split-complementary

#C8B83F #3F94C8 #743FC8

monochromatic

#6D641F #9D902D #C8B83F #D6CA6F #E3DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8B83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B83F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B83F	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7b',
    500: '#c8b83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b83f;
$custom-light: #dccd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B83F

secondary

#939AD0

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B83F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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